She had long been fed up with cleaning up the mess after her sons, ages 40 and 42, waking up every time they came home late. First, the two didn’t have a job for years after graduating from high school. Then they found work, but still did not contribute to the cost of living and did not shake hands in the household. “Basta,” said the 75-year-old pensioner from Pavia near Milan at some point and obtained a court ruling to move out of the Hotel Mama.

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